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Issue 21
9th
November 2009
C&I Magazine
C&I MagazineThe leading source of news and opinion in the arena of chemical technology
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Confirmation of the synthesis of the elusive pentazole molecule, of interest for its possible role in future rocket propellants, has come almost a decade after it was made, writes Richard Butler
News
Vidya Krishnan,
09/11/2009
The turf war between the Indian
health ministry and office of the drug
controller general of India (DCGI)
rages on after the health ministry ‘put
on hold’ the directives issued by the
DCGI withdrawing powers from state
governments to issue Certificates
of Pharmaceutical Products (CoPP)
– the export quality licence drug
manufacturers require to sell their
drugs to overseas buyers.
Stuart Todd,
09/11/2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has
announced a series of measures to
facilitate the development of France’s
pharmaceuticals sector, including
the setting up of an investment
fund, InnoBio, totalling more than
€130m, to finance the development
of healthcare-related biotechnology.
Features
Hugh Constable,
09/11/2009
One of the UK’s biggest energy consumers, Ineos Chlor has improved energy
effi ciency by almost a fi fth over the past decade, writes Hugh Constable
Lou Reade,
09/11/2009
Solar power is on the rise. In 2008, the amount
of energy generated by solar cells rose by 80%.
Editor's Blog
Davos debates
Agree or disagree? Post your views below
In the Swiss winter resort of Davos last week, there appeared to be two groups of delegates at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Europe and the rest of world with two distinct outlooks: optimism in most of the world and pessimism from European attendees. The picture might have been different if the delegates had known that the next news about the world economy was likely to be less than optimistic, but again much of this week’s bad news has been from Europe.
Despite the hand wringing about the economic outlook, there was some ‘good news’ in terms of health initiatives, from the likes of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation amongst others, and there was still room for optimism regarding the outlook for feeding the world's ever-growing population.